Nativity with Shepherds

Catalog no.

0243

Year

1980

Subject

Mythology

Media

Oil / Acrylic /
Acrylic on board

Size (H x W)

26 x 26 inches

Availability

Gifted, Not for sale
More geometrical shapes are worked throughout the figures and the background. Related in composition to the Mosaic 0234, "Adoration of the Shepherds", and there is a preparatory work (unfinished).

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